01Canal in central Gothenburg
02Erik Hemmendorff of Plattform Produktion
03Gothenburg harbour
04Ruben Östlund, director of Plattform Produktion
05Anna Lena Mayor Ekeblad’s shop
06Anna Lena Mayor Ekeblad
07The harbour
08Anna Lena Mayor Ekeblad’s shop
09The Next Century Modern team
10Joakim Levin of Nudie jeans
11Next Century Modern office
12View from Next Century Modern office
13Central Gothenburg
14Anders Hulterstrom, Gothenburg’s budget secretary
Sweden’s second city is fertile soil for small businesses thanks to its history of maritime adventure, the population’s can-do attitude and its intimate size, which helps keep the co-operative spirit alive and well.
Issue 55
The word “suburban” isn’t usually a compliment, but not all suburbs are created equal. Wannsee, at the edge of Berlin, enjoys high quality of life and surprising diversity, due to both idyllic geography and centuries of…
Issue 25
We have fallen for elements of urban living in many different cities and have often dreamed of being given a city block where we could bring them together. Now with the help of a team of leading architects, we have done…
Issue 29
Along with clean hospitals and punctual buses, our cities should have a cosy feel to them. Let’s hear it for warm street lighting, pristine parks and cobbled back alleys.
Issue 25
Construction begins on Australia's first carbon-zero office building, while in New Zealand a revamp is under way to stop Christchurch's wanderlusty youngsters from upping sticks. Plus, how New Zealanders are catching up the…
Issue 3
It’s done a good job getting everyday essentials into our homes, hands and driveways but it would like to do so much more. Faced with stiff competition from China, South Korea sees a future for itself as a centre for hi…
Issue 5
The ups and downs of the Caribbean, plus life on the farm in downtown Detroit.
Issue 15
Alain de Botton, Richard Florida, Jonathan Raban, Ricky Burdett, Roope Mokka and Richard Alston – six leading writers, thinkers and academics give their view on the state of today’s cities, and their vision of the urban…
Issue 5
In May, for the first time in human history, the world’s population was more urban than rural. But how can we deliver quality of life to our urban environments? Here, five leading thinkers give their answers. First, the…
Issue 45
The codes of good urban planning are common sense. But sometimes those rules are there to be broken and, as in these five examples, the results can work surprisingly well.
Issue 42
Waking from the nightmare of war, occupation and civil unrest, Iraq has ambitious plans for the renovation and remodelling of its cities and infrastructure. The rebuiliding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset…
Issue 6
Building bridges in China and why you should be nice to your mum.
0:00:00 0:01:00